My Broken Family Chapter 1: PLEASE READ AND COMMENT!!!! :D

A/N: Okay, so I'm rewriting this because when I wrote this, I was really new on KP and I didn't know about the Book Page/Chapter thing. So I'm just gonna rewrite this, and hopefully you guys don't mind. Hope you enjoy!!!!

Hallie Parker opened the door and shouted, "I'm home!" No one answered, so she locked the front door and assumed she was spending an hour or so home alone. She strolled into the kitchen, opened the fridge, and took out a pack of strawberries which she poured onto a plate.

She climbed the stairs with her backpack and her plate of strawberries. The family cat, Mittens, followed her like she did all the time. Mittens loved to follow his main caretaker.

Hallie didn't hear Mittens' paws on the wood stairs anymore. She turned around to see Mittens trying to listen carefully to something. Finally Hallie heard muffled voices. Hallie kept climbing and then got to her parents' room, where she could hear better.

"Well, I think it's the best thing to do.." said the voice of Hallie's dad.

"Yes, we can't do this anymore. It's just getting really hard," said the voice of Hallie's mom.

"Yes. This is the right thing to do. It will be hard to say it's happening, it's just that things are different now," Hallie's dad said.

"Right, I agree completely. You know I wish we could stay together, Rob. It's going to be hard telling Hallie."

Hallie burst into the room and yelled, "Tell me what?!" Her parents both jumped in surprise.

"Hallie...." they said at the sane time. "We need to tell you something."

"Yeah, what?" Hallie didn't quite get the message that they needed to tell her something important.

"Well, have you noticed our fights?" asked Hallie's mother.

Hallie nodded. She had seen them fighting many times but had told herself that what they did was totally normal.

Hallie knew where this was going. "You're really going to do this?"

They both slowly nodded and Hallie burst into tears. "But you can't! Mom, Dad, you love each other and we're keeping it that way! And don't you realize how hard this would be for me?"

"Yes, we do, but it would be even harder to see us fighting. It's best to be seperated," said Hallie's father.

"No! It's not! I want our family to stay together!" Hallie shouted, tears still pouring down her cheeks.

"I'm sorry," her mom said. Her mom and dad both looked at her with sad, tired eyes. "We already made the plans, though."

Hallie looked at the carpet. "Where will I live? Who will I live with? Who will I spend my holidays with?"

Her father moved from super-sad-faced mode to big-time-planner mode. "We'll figure the holiday thing out. You'll live with MOm in this house. I'll live in Goldlamp, and you'll see me once every two weeks." Then he moved back to super-sad-faced mode and patted her shoulder. "I'm sorry you have to deal with this, Hallie."

"Can't I see you a little more than once every two weeks?" asked Hallie, looking up at her dad.

"That's all we could arrange."

Hallie groaned. "This isn't even nescessary!" She stormed out of her parents' and ran into her own. Then she jumped on her bed and cried.